Folding bed



2 Sheets-Sheet 1, G. BOLLER. FOLDING BED.

(No Model.)

Patented May 19, 1891.

FIG. 3.

ATTEE 4 w? m 59% UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

CONRAD BOLLER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FOLDING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,503, dated May 19, 1891. Application filed January 16, 1890. Serial No. 337,033- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CONRAD BOLLER, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding or wardrobe bedsteads; and the novelty consists in the construction, novel combination, and adaptation of devices hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim hereto annexed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view ofmy improved folding bedstead, showing the same in a folded or closed position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail side elevation of a portion of one of the side boards of bedstead, showing the leg attached to the foot end thereof and the catch bolt in operation, Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of my improvements, illustrating the bed in an unfolded position ready to receive bedding or the like. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken in the plane of line a: w of Fig. l. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the inside of a portion of one of the upright side boards of the stationary frame, showing the guideblock of the side rail of the swing bedsteadsection in position within the guide-bars of sideboard. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail back elevation of a portion of the head-board of bed section, showing the counterbalance weights therein. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line y y, Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is a detail side elevation illustrating the central portion of the sliding head-board, with the slot in the middle of the lower strip thereof for theintroduction of the counterbalanceweights.

In carrying out my invention it is obvious that any suitable material may be employed in the construction of the several parts, and that the construction of said parts may be varied by the mechanic to facilitate their operation in use without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The stationary upright casing of my improved folding bedstead is composed of upright sideboards or panels A, which are conlowered to a horizontal position.

nected at points adjacent to their upper and lower ends with cross-panels Q, secured to the back edges of the uprights, which support the head of bedstead when folded into an upright position. These side boards A are provided on their inside and adjacent to their back edge with a vertical guide-channel of sufficient length to receive the guide-lugs of the sliding section of bedstead, and these vertical guide-channels are formed by two vertical and parallel strips T, attached to the inside of side boards A at the point described.

D indicates integral forwardly-extending portions of the upright side boards, between which the head of the bedstead rests when These forwardly-extending portions D are respectively provided upon their inside at a suitable point of elevation with two horizontal parallel guide-strips, the upper one of which may be formed integral with the portion D, and the latter formed by a casting 0, attached to portion D, and this lower guide 0 is provided with a longitudinal recess in which travels the beveled edge of a guide-block, which is provided with a circular aperture to receive a pivot-bolt attached to the side rails of the swinging bed-section adjacent to the head thereof.

The bedstead or swinging portion of my improved device consists of the side rails 13, which are connected at their foot ends by a panel J, which is suitably ornamented, and at their head ends with a panel L, presently to be described, which is adapted to receive counterbalance-weights.

The bottom H of the bedstead-section, which becomes the front of the wardrobe when the bedstead is swung up, is provided with a mir ror I, and also at a suitable point adjacent to the head end thereof I form a transverse convex molding strip R, which takes into a transverse-concaved molding strip S, rising from "the bottom of the stationary frame or casing at the front edge thereof, and it will be seen that by the employment of these strips when the bedstead is swung up into the easing its upright position will be rendered more steady and its backward movement limited.

Upon the inside of side rails B, and at a suitable point adjacent to their heads I, secure pivot-bolts R, which take into the circular aperture of the guide-blocks F, which are beveled on their lower edge to adapt them to travel in the longitudinal recess of the casting 0, and between said casting and the ledge or strip of the forwardly-extendi11g portions D of the stationary frame, as has been described.

The head-board or panel-section L of the swinging bedstead portion is provided at points adjacent to its upper and lower longitudinal edges with strips L, which are beveled on their inner edges and are adapted to receive correspondingly-beveled weights M, which are introduced therein through a recess or slot- A cut in the lower strip, as shown in Fig. 9.

N indicates a panel, which is flexibly connected by hinges P to the inner or upper end of the panel L, and this panel N, which is provided with weight-securin g strips and weights similar to those of the panel L, is designed to co-operate with said weighted panel L and counterbalance the folding section of the bed. The panel N, which travels vertically between the upright standards A, is provided at its ends with strips U, of metal or other material, which are suitablysecured thereto, and these strips U are provided with lug-guides U, which travel in and are guided in their vertical movement by the recess formed by the vertical strips T, attached to the upright side boards A.

The legs K, which are flexibly attached to and support the foot-section of the bedstead when let down, are so attached to said footsection as to always occupy a vertical position when the bed is folded or unfolded, and, being suitably ornamented, they present the appearance of molding at the top of the bed when the same is folded up into the casing. These legs K, which are connected by a hinge to the foot end of bedstead and at the side thereof, have their upper ends suitably recessed to form a shoulder for the support of the bed-bottom, and in the wall of this recess at a suitable point I provide a notch for the reception of a catch or looking bolt Y, which is pivotally secured in a casing attached to the side rails 13.

The catch-bolt Y is provided with an angular branch at its end, which is beveled on its outer edge to facilitate its entrance into the notch of the leg, and the catch is also provided with aspring Z, which insures its action and also serves to keep it normally extended, and the said catch-bolt is operated by a latorally-extending knob or button X, which is attached thereto at the pivotal point and which serves to turn the latch down when it is desired to release the leg.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination,with the head-board L and the panel N, flexibly attached thereto, of the weight receiving strips attached, respectively, to the upper and lower edges of panels L and N, and beveled on their inner edges to receive correspondiugly-beveled Weights, the lower strips of the respective panels being recessed, as at A, for the introduction of the weights, substantially as specified.

CONRAD BOLLER. Witnesses:

CHAS. J. McALIs'rER, J. II. REDsToNE. 

